Nice outing! Do kids ride bikes to explore, spontaneously, on their own, the way we did back a generation or two ago? Or are most so scheduled and monitored that rides have to be organized? I remember starting out, age 7 or 8, extending my rides beyond the immediate area of our house in Clinton, MD, very early '60s (near the hotel where they captured John Wilkes Booth) and exploring our little neighborhood, even (my GAWD!) crossing busy Woodyard Road to ride through the little forest to a long abandoned and partly burned Tara-type mansion (so it appeared to my eyes), or, in the other direction, to explore the woods and swamp to the east of our little community. Moving to India at age 9, my rides expanded further still: a large suburb (Sunder Nager, near the Old Fort and the zoo0; the city of Bangalore age 11-12, at least to circumabulate the large, manmade Sankey Tank lake; greater Delhi age 12-13, and by age 15-16 I was riding all over the countryside (Kenya, outside of Nairobi).
All of this without parental supervision or even parental permission or knowledge. As long as we turned up for dinner all was well. My daughter on the other hand, rising 11, won't go further, on-bike or off, than our little cul-de-sac by herself; perhaps to a nearby park, 1/4 mile away, if with friends. Others? Others' children? On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Jim <jamesfek...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Manny: > > Thanks for posting this, I really enjoyed the pictures. I know how that kid > feels, and can't wait for my own "next first ride". It's coming soon! > > Jim in Boulder > > On Thursday, April 12, 2012 10:53:46 PM UTC-6, Manuel Acosta wrote: >> >> Now that spring is upon California like any real California spring the >> rain comes in. But that doesn't stop the Venturing Crew's after-school >> bike rides! Despite the initial shower we got in the morning there was >> two kids that wanted to brave the rain and the cold. One of my >> students Oscar after dealing with a torn menisicus injury finally was >> able to get back on the bike after so long. It's hard to explain other >> people's excitement for biking so I quote from his facebook ,"Feeling >> so alive! After bike riding after so long...I felt like my body was >> going to explode from the lack of exercise, now I'm back!" >> This made my day. >> >> Pictures yadayadayda: >> http://flic.kr/s/aHsjyVtxwG >> >> -Manny "Fusion Unite!" Acosta > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/2qG7NsaIrywJ. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- A billion stars go spinning through the night Blazing high above your head; But in you is the Presence that will be When all the stars are dead. Ranier Maria Rilke, Buddha in Glory -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
